Cancer, Pain, Survivorship
Conditions
Keywords
pain, neuropathic pain, sexual health, cancer patients, cancer survivors
Brief summary
The goal of this observational study is to explore the relationship between pain and sexual health in the context of cancer (cancer patients and cancer survivors). The main question it aims to answer is: \- Does pain interfere with sexual health in cancer patients and cancer survivors?
Detailed description
Participants will be recruited through French cancer patient associations and will be invited to complete an online survey questionnaire, exploring: * Sexual health and sexual satisfaction * Pain severity and impact on daily activities * Neuropathic pain * Migraine * Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy * Quality of life, functioning, and symptoms * Anxiety and depression * Sociodemographic characteristics of patients * Oncological characteristics
Interventions
OTHERPain screening
exploration of the relationship between pain and sexual health
Sponsors
University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
\- Declaring themselves to be suffering from or having suffered from cancer recruited as such via appropriate communication systems (patient associations and social networks, etc.)
Exclusion criteria
* No command of the French language * Residence outside France (verified with the department of residence in the questionnaire) * Patient Companion * Protected adult
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| presence of pain | day 1 | BPI-SF questionnaire - Brief Pain Inventory short from (scores from 0 to 10 worse) |
| Sexual satisfaction | day 1 | SHQ-C22 questionnaire - Sexual Health Questionnaire (Scores from 0 to 100 better) |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pain severity and characteristics | day 1 | BPI-SF questionnaire - Brief Pain Inventory short from (scores from 0 to 10 worse) |
| Presence of neuropathic pain | day 1 | DN4 interview questionnaire - neuropathique pain 4 questions (scores from 0 to 7 worse) |
| Presence of migraine | day 1 | Items of the International Classification of Headache Disorders (typical headache that lasted 4-72 h without treatment, at least two of four typical headache characteristics (unilateral, pulsatile, pain intensity ≥4/10 on the visual analogue scale for pain, increase in pain with physical activity), at least one of two types of non pain-associated symptoms (nausea and/or vomiting, photophobia, and phonophobia)) |
| Severity of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (sensory and motor) | day 1 | QLQ-CIPN20 questionnaire - chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (scores from 0 to 100 worse) |
| Assessment of the quality of life | day 1 | QLQ-C30 questionnaire - quality of life questionnaire (scores from 0 to 100 better) |
| Assessment of the functioning dimensions | day 1 | QLQ-C30 questionnaire - quality of life questionnaire (scores from 0 to 100 better) |
| Assessment of the severity of symptoms | day 1 | QLQ-C30 questionnaire - quality of life questionnaire (scores from 0 to 100 worse) |
| Sociodemographic characteristics - age of patients | day 1 | age (years) |
| Sexual satisfaction | day 1 | Visual analog scale (Scores from 0 to 10 better) |
| Sociodemographic characteristics - body mass index | day 1 | body mass index (kg/m²) |
| Oncological characteristics - past and/or ongoing treatment | day 1 | currently being treated for cancer ; treated for cancer (today in remission and completed cancer treatments) ; treated for cancer (today cancer still present and treatments against cancer stopped) |
| Sociodemographic characteristics - use of alcohol, tobacco, e-cigarette, cannabis; | day 1 | use of alcohol, tobacco, e-cigarette, cannabis (yes / no, yearly, monthly, weekly, daily) |
| Sociodemographic characteristics - marital status | day 1 | married; Single with occasional partner; Single without occasional partner |
| Sociodemographic characteristics - socioprofesional status | day 1 | Farmer ; Artisan ; Merchants/entrepreneurs ; White-collar professionals ; Intermediate professions ; Employees ; Workers ; Retirees ; Unemployed individuals |
| Sociodemographic characteristics - living area | day 1 | French department of living |
| Oncological characteristics - type of cancer | day 1 | Breast ; Prostate ; Pulmonary ; Blood ; Gynecological ; Kidney ; Colorectal ; Others |
| Oncological characteristics - date of cancer diagnosis | day 1 | date (mm/yyyy) |
| Sociodemographic characteristics - gender | day 1 | male, female, non binary |
| Quality of the sexual health | day 1 | SHQ-C22 questionnaire - Sexual Health Questionnaire (Scores from 0 to 100 better to worse depending of the items) |
Countries
France
Outcome results
None listed